Elle Fanning said Hunger Games fans are the reason she was cast as Effie Trinket in the upcoming prequel film. During a recent interview with MTV, the actress chatted about her casting in Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping and taking the role over from Elizabeth Banks, who portrayed an older version of Effie in the franchise’s first four films.

The Hunger Games fandom is celebrating the casting for the upcoming film Sunrise on the Reaping, with Elle Fanning confirmed to play Effie Trinket. An announcement that isn’t all too surprising, considering the fact that fans have been “manifesting” this for “years.

Elle Fanning said she was a fan of the character Effie Trinket before she cast to take on the role in the next "Hunger Games" film. Fanning has fans of her own to thank for getting to play the part. The actress,